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CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2002 - SECT 45

Meaning of "volunteer"

(1)  In this Part,
volunteer means a person who does community work on a voluntary basis but does not include a person who is –
(a) taken to be a worker for the purposes of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 or the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 ; or
(b) performing a function prescribed by the regulations.
(2)  For the purpose of subsection (1) , a person does community work on a voluntary basis if the person –
(a) receives no remuneration for doing that work other than –
(i) remuneration that the person would receive whether or not the person did that work; or
(ii) the reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred by the person in doing that work; or
(b) receives remuneration that is not greater than the amount, if any, prescribed by the regulations.
(3)  A person is not to be regarded as doing community work on a voluntary basis if the person is doing that work under an order imposed by a court.



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